Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-08
RDITOKIAL NOTES,

By the way, what has become of DR.. Nc
GIynn, whe started out few months ago to
reform the world?
Mr. Keely, of the Keely motor, "will short
ly publish to the world the result of his TWEEN
ty-fvs years of research" in "realm OF
mind" That is, we suppose, he will shortly
publish it unless he changes his mind again,
The new local optien law of Michigan is
working we'll. Already So many counties
have adopted absolute prohibition by majori
ty vote that considerable portion of north
ern Michigan is now without single liquor
saloon In every rural county where a vote
has been taken the liquor interests have beer
defeated. The cities have not yet voted upor
the question.
kangaroo leather has become so popular
for shoes that six thousand skins are received
and tanned in Newark alone each week. But
that means most Of the skins used, for they
are sent all over the world from the Jersey
tanneries. Ono result is that Kangaroo
hunters in Australia are making money
They get seventy cents pound for skins,
and some of them clear from 81, 900 to $5,-
600 year.
Miss Merchant, who is in Ireland in be-
half of work for the assistance of Irish
families of the upper class who have fallen
into poverty through the disturbed state OF
the country, writes to England that during
the pest sixteen nasnths shs has had to Sc
cure homes for thirty nine children of from
two to fourteen years of age, besides reliev-
ing many CAGES of sickness and destitution
and providing many with means of support
ing themselves by nesdle work.
A western congressman repels the assertion
that the surplus revenue about which SO
much talk has been made amounts to any
thing like $1e0, 900, 900 year, as has been
stated. Tho estimates fer next years ex-
penditures amount to 1886, 900, 600 and def
ciencies and miscellaneous expenditures will
increase the sum to $4o2, 900, 900. The es-
timated income will be $44O, 900, 900, so that
the surplus will be only $3s, 900, 900. Even the
utmost cutting down of the appropriations,
which would leave heavy deficiencies to be
met later, would not increase the surplus
above $40, 900.
Professor Forel is studying the penetration
of light into the Lake of Geneva by means
of the Photographic effect on chloride of sill
yer paper. Six Photographic apparatusss are
attached one above another to rope at ten
ustre intervals. They are let down into the
lake after sunset, left there one day or more
and taken up again at night. The depth
limit of absolute darkness has been found
this year, in the beginning of March, 100 m.
of May, 75m; and of July, 45m. Professor
Forel hopes to carry on these experiments fol
| whole year, every two months, and SO OBJ
tain the curve for penetration of light into
the lake.
The experiments with the ineandescsnt
electric light which have been made at the
torpedo station at Newport have developed q
novel use for the little lamps, and one that
| is said to promise to be of great value in
naval warfare. With lamps of about one
hundred candle power fastened to the ends
of poles submerged in the sea to depth OF
90 feet the water is so illuminated that OBJ
| jects in it can be distinguished within ra-
dius of 150 feet. There is little OF no glare